Task Settlement

One immortal artifact after another, all light-type, was laid out.

Li Dui could tell—this immortal was dirt poor. He must have just become an immortal not long ago, without enough time to accumulate wealth.

His fortune was only about ten times greater than the peak World Lord Li Dui had killed earlier.

"This bastard was unlucky too. Had to come sneaking up to ambush me. See? Dead now, right?" Number One muttered as he pulled out another World Ring's worth of items.

"Mm~ What's this?"

Number One opened an exquisitely patterned chest. Inside, a round, blood-red crystal slightly smaller than a basketball caught Li Dui's curiosity.

Taking out the crystal sphere, he found a book lying in the chest.

Li Dui turned the crystal sphere over in his hands, examining it from every angle. It felt somewhat similar to a Xueluo Crystal. Beyond that, he couldn't make out much.

"Holy crap!" The moment he picked up the book and read a couple of lines, Li Dui was stunned.

He patiently skimmed through the book's contents.

Then he picked up the crystal sphere again for a closer look. No mistake—this was exactly what the book described.

So this thing was called Sacred Blood. The first line of the book was a warning: "Remember, never fuse with Sacred Blood! All predecessors who attempted it had their consciousness instantly extinguished and their souls annihilated."

The rest explained how to find places dense with Blood Sha Energy, dig to a certain depth, build an underground chamber of a specific size, then fuse and mix over a hundred materials in precise ratios to soak the Sacred Blood. After a set period, Xueluo Crystals would be produced.

Li Dui didn't care about the rest. Even if he knew how, so what? Stay here and produce Xueluo Crystals?

What mattered most to Li Dui was that warning. "Never fuse with Sacred Blood."

So this thing could be fused?

Like a Xueluo Crystal?

Everyone who tried fusing it had their souls annihilated?

Did that mean the willpower impact was so intense it killed them instantly?

Li Dui's mind raced. Could this thing be the essence blood of the Natural Beast God that died here?

For some reason, a portion of that essence blood had been left behind in the Xueluo World. Later, the natives discovered it could produce the miraculous Xueluo Crystals.

Or maybe the human race had found that this thing, in a place tainted by the Beast God's death with special Blood Sha Energy, could condense into Xueluo Crystals.

Even immortals died instantly upon fusing it. Probably even ordinary Venerables couldn't manage it. So the human higher-ups weren't worried about losing it here.

Hell, maybe the human race had taken back the leftover Sacred Blood after using it, then put it back here.

Letting the natives come up with all sorts of methods to speed up Xueluo Crystal production. Humans just needed to harvest the crystals every so often.

Li Dui nodded silently. That was actually possible. Otherwise, why would a mere Xueluo World—a place any Venerable could crush—need someone as strong as Palace Master Tian Shi to personally oversee it?

Probably, suppressing the Xueluo World was a cover. The real goal was to keep foreign races from causing trouble and stealing the Sacred Blood.

Of course, all of this was just Li Dui's wild guess. He couldn't say for sure how things really were. But one thing was certain—this thing could produce Xueluo Crystals, so it was no ordinary item.

Then he'd better keep this thing safe. Others couldn't fuse it, but could I?

So, the question was: should he go grab a few more Sacred Blood crystals for backup? He could fuse a hundred Xueluo Crystals to reach a hundredfold gene level. How many Sacred Blood could he fuse?

According to that book, Sacred Blood was mostly buried deep underground. This matter was highly secret. Li Dui had killed over a hundred World Lords, and none of their belongings had any information about it.

Li Dui did know the locations of a few temples. It was possible the Sacred Blood was hidden beneath them.

Should he just charge straight into a temple? Forget whether he could kill the temple's immortal—wouldn't that cause too much of a stir?

Did the Virtual Universe Company have no control over this place at all?

Killing World Lords was expected; everyone understood that. But storming a temple to fight an Immortal God—wouldn't that be going too far?

Even though Li Dui's true body had already slipped away, he couldn't just do whatever he wanted, could he? If he went too far and piqued the curiosity of someone at the Universe Master level, and they traced his movements by manipulating spacetime to check, could he escape their gaze?

Of course, that was just a thought. The odds were negligible.

No one had seen him kill that light-type immortal. Even if word eventually reached human higher-ups, its credibility wouldn't be high.

After mulling it over, Li Dui decided to give up. He'd just take one Sacred Blood and leave.

Actually, it wasn't a complete loss. Li Dui remembered that Xueluo Crystals were effective even for King Rank immortals and Venerables.

Sacred Blood couldn't be worse than Xueluo Crystals, right? Once I become a Venerable, would it be that hard to grab a few Sacred Blood crystals? Li Dui thought to himself.

After cleaning up the spoils, Number One exited the World Ring.

He had achieved everything he wanted from the Xueluo World—even exceeded his expectations. Only one thing remained.

Those twelve native Xueluo World servant girls were still inside his World Ring.

They had been knocked unconscious by the descent of the Origin. Li Dui hadn't decided what to do with them, so he used some soul techniques to keep them asleep.

These girls all had some cultivation; being unconscious for a hundred years or so wouldn't harm them much.

Li Dui teleported casually, then found a spot outside a territory city.

He woke one servant girl alone and told her that he had been hunted by a powerful enemy, barely escaped, and couldn't send her back anymore.

Moreover, the enemy's forces were vast. Even if she returned on her own, she'd be captured and soul-controlled for clues.

His words scared the girl thoroughly.

Then Li Dui added that he would give her enough money and resources, powerful inheritances, secret techniques, and so on. She was to keep a low profile, not flaunt her wealth, cultivate slowly, and live well.

As for the others, they had all been arranged in the same way—she was the last one.

He then handed her a spatial treasure and a World Ring. Inside were supplies and wealth enough to make even a territorial city lord envious. There were also several secret techniques and inheritances suited to the girl's attributes.

Over the years, Li Dui had amassed far too much of this kind of stuff.

Honestly, even if he gave these girls a hundred or a thousand times more, Li Dui wouldn't bat an eye.

But excessive wealth really wasn't easy to handle. Giving too much would actually harm them.

Li Dui had deliberately chosen items of a lower tier. The quantity was large, but not a single treasure would tempt a Domain Lord's greed.

After carefully warning her again not to show off her riches, Li Dui left.

Arranging these maids one by one, Li Dui's words to each were roughly the same. The things he gave them were also similar.

Every time, Li Dui teleported to a different city before finding them. These girls would likely never cross paths again in their lifetimes.

With everything done, Li Dui flew up into the clouds and released his spaceship.

He glanced back at this place. He had stayed here for just over 130 years. Today was the day to leave.

Boarding the ship, he shot beyond the clouds.

"Greetings, Lord Li Dui." Not long after Li Dui applied for "Cultivation Mission Completion Confirmation," a staff member from the Giant Axe Martial Arena contacted him.

"You need to confirm your mission completion, correct?" The staff member's attitude was excellent.

Li Dui took a sip of his drink and replied, "Yes."

"Please contact me when you arrive at the Heavenly Eclipse Palace spaceport. A work team will come to verify with you."

"I'm almost there." Li Dui had only contacted them because he was nearing the destination.

"Very well, Lord. I'll arrange it immediately."

Not long after the call ended, the ship docked at the designated spot in the spaceport.

As soon as Number One exited the hatch, three people flew toward him.

All three wore the same white uniform. The leading female World Lord said, "Lord Li Dui, please follow us to that ship over there to confirm your mission completion."

"Alright." Li Dui followed them into a spherical ship not far away.

The trio led Li Dui to the door of a cabin. The female World Lord said, "Lord, this is a dedicated Detection Chamber. Once you enter, just follow the smart system's prompts."

"Got it." Li Dui smiled in agreement and stepped through the door.

"Li Dui, take out one Xueluo Crystal and place it on the table in front of you." An electronic voice rang out.

Li Dui did as instructed.

"First mission: obtain one Xueluo Crystal. Confirmed successful. Awarded 10,000 points."

"Li Dui, have you completed the second mission?" the electronic voice asked.

"Yes."

"Please prove that you have become a Blood Warrior and place the Xueluo Medal on the table."

The armor formed from Xi on Li Dui's body, along with the Force Battle Suit beneath it, automatically parted. Activating the power of the Blood Luo, blood-red secret patterns immediately emerged on his chest.

At the same time, Li Dui pulled out a Xueluo Medal and set it on the table.

A beam of light scanned Li Dui's chest.

"Confirmed."

"Li Dui, you have successfully completed the second mission of the Xueluo World. Awarded 100,000 points."

Li Dui nodded, letting out a mental sigh of relief. Number One really seemed able to slip through.